Tuesday, March 13, 2012

March 14th

Member of the "Good Companion" and champion of it in 1917, Giorgio Guidelli published more than 400 problems in 2 moves. 70 of these problems are included in Alain C. White's Christmas Series "The Good Companion Twomover" (1922). Guidelli was one of the very best twomover composers of the time.
A few details can be read on Wikipedia (Italian).

Russian study composer Troitzky was a great specialist of the artistic endgame study. He wrote a memorable and ground-breaking article in 1910 in newspaper Niva where he defined the rules of artistic endgame study composition.

He composed about 2000 endgames studies, of which 500 were reproduced in his book "500 Endspielschachstudien" (1924). He died during the Leningrad siege, like the Kubbel brothers.

One of his most famous works involves analyzing the endgame with two knights versus a pawn.

Arno Tüngler is a nowadays a fairy problem specialist, but he started with direct mates and helpmates, as many others. He has registered his most brilliant successes with series helpmates. Two of them have been chosen below, but his Andernach 1988 prize-winning Madrasi moremover is also worth a look.

The 2 black Ss reciprocally unpin each other in the two solutions.
The diagonal-orthogonal correspondence is seamless.

Yuji Kikuta (14-03-1971) Japanese composer ( 菊田 裕司 )

Yuji Kikuta

Yuji Kikuta is a Shogi and chess composer and solver (and very strong Shogi player - 6 Dan). He participated to a few World Chess Composition Congresses and also occasionally judged the traditional Sake Tourney together with Tadashi Wakashima. He is the direct mate editor of the Japanese problem review Problem Paradise.